Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-04-09
TAKING TESTIMONY.
Gssvitt Repeats His Confession Made at
Chicago in October.
II Is Ccrrobora.ed by Kosaitski, Alias
Bismarck.
Damaging Testimony Given by Fitssim-
mons and Others.
Fifth Day Of the Haddock Trial.
WILLIAM WILLIAMSON, SWORN.

Monday, March Is, William Williamson
t~csti<+<~s concerning the taking Of Mr.. Murphy
home from the train. and being stopped by
two men, and that he carried two men and
Loft thea on Douglas street between Third
and Sscasd-
sMORa A. LANG
testified that he was in front of Junk's saloon
On the night of the homicide; saw five or six
nen in front OF the saloon; the parties went
west; recognized Leavitt IN the crowd; in
about five minutes after they left heard the
shot.
ARR LBAvITT WORE
After making a statement OF his business
r4nnectiOn with the Standard Theatre and
sAoens; his trip east and return, Leavitt con-
tinued: ] met ". Simonson at the 'Chi-
cago;" Simonson said he was going to get a
buggy and go around and call a special meet
ing Of saloon men; we went TO Adjustments,
Nalrich's, Brennan's, Plath's, Trieber's,
Munchrath's aud other saloons; Simonson
talked TO them; ] was driving the horses; /
joined the saloon mems organization at the
suggestion Of Sinonson, and that was the first
time | heard OF such an organization. We
drove about about an hour, Simonson took
the rig home aboct 3 O'Clock; | then went to
the shepherd" and from there to the court
house; there was a fair sized audience; y few
women present; can't say whether ! saw
Eunchrath In the court room or not; injunc-
hon cases were In progress; | went from
court house 80 Doc. Darlington's saloon near
depot; this was on Monday; / saw In the
court room DIR. Haddock on the stand as wit
ness; / had supper that evening at Johnson's
on Pearl stree. between Fifth and Sixth went
To a meeting ia Holdenried's hall with Doc.
DarlinUtAn ahnpf & n,plnalt frat Uant iptn
saloon aud got a drink and then went
up stairs; there were present Adelsheim,
Trieber, Path, Comedy, Dock, Doc Darling
ton, Simonson, Arensdorf, Munchratb, Resi-
gieu, myself and others. Adelsheim pre-
sided; Arensdorf was present; Adplsheim
said that be did not know what the meeting
was called for, as 1t was ont of the regular
order; Simspson said 4. was called for the
purpose Of making Doc Darlington and my
self members Of the association | asked
Whist II cost I, join. They said $25; [ told
them TO come ~ aud get the money at the
opening OF the thester, as | did not have
money that night; Darlington said he could
not show sver s.; | was admitted; Resigieu
then moved 20 adjourn q would not swear
that 1t was Resigieu) The meeting then ad.
journed; Tr,eber and Munchrath both called
~ me (Arensderf was i'm the back part of
the room) the said "Ws.t "a few minutes: -
l waited; so did Simonson, Trieber, Plath,
Munchrath, Arensuorf and some others: we
remained In the front room; one Of the par
ties that remained l did not know;
Geo. Trieber said he had succeeded In getting
two Dutchmen 10 whip paddock and Walker
q they were paio FOR IT.; Arensdorf said there
were 500 or $500 In the treasury (Junk's
safe}, and that ought to be sufficient; Much.
rath asked IL the doorkeeper at INV place
wasn't a good slugger; l told him he h id
siugged one or two ct my place; his name
nnn Ilnn
him a board bill and he would go with me 10
ac depot TO see him; that it would be a good
excuse TO breach him on the matter of ''doing
mp" Haddock; Arensdorf said that we ought
blow or burn 10y Haddock and Turner's
and that the breweries had toe much
at stake to be downed by those damned
of BIS; met Munchrath in front Of
sash's drug store on Tuesday at IL 80; went
aown to depot and saw Dan Moriarily; he was
III the Milwaukee and 81. Paul yards; we both
talked with h IN In relation 10 the matter
up at thu saloon mems meeting; the
conversation was I'm reference to whipping
Haddock and Walker If he got paid for il; we
said that we wanted them licked. Moriarity
said he bad q good job and he wasn't going 10
lick anybody this was about IL O'Clock: we
sffered him s2O; ] was at the C urt house in
lhe afternoon the injunction cases were in
the audience was mostly men;
stayed in the court house ten or fifteen
minutes; ] saw Fred Munchrath in
court house, and Geo. Trieber.
took supper at Johnson's between
the hours OF ) and 6, after supper Ia the fore
part of the evening, ] think about s, | was in
gambling house on Four b street;
after leaving there / went to the English
Kitchen to get q bottle Of beer and
smc sandwiches totakc home; the
room was over the Chicago
l came down stairs and went
east; Mt the Sioux National bank corner |
met Path, Tricber, Munchrath, Peters and
Germans; | did not know the Germans
| have since learned that they we're
3randa and Bismarck; they were standing
thore talking: ! conversed with them, we
we're talking about Haddock ard Turner
going to Greenville for evidence; Trieber
proposed to go and see how Haddock got
in the hack were Trieber, Peters,
myself, and, l think, Plath; the hack drove
Trieber told the driver to 20 TO Green
yills; Peters got out Of the hack and went
the Greenville house and asked the pro-
srietor IL a roam horse and buggy had been
here; we drove back 10 Junk's saloon, got
Jut and went In; Trieber paid the driver; he
rot it Of John Arensdorf as we got out Of the
lack and went into the saloon; can't tell
Who went in frst; | treated to the cigars; We
vere there three or -four minutes; / saw Scol-
ard, Grady, Junk and Arensdorf
here; can't cay whether Arensdorf was
n there when he went out or not;
Va went out the front door from the wholesale
liquor room, and when on the walk Bismarck
,ame up and said that the buggy had got
pack; this was just as we had got on the
salk; Arensdorf said: Let's 90 and see;'
We all walked down towards Water street;
Peters, Munchrath, Trieber, Plath, Arens-
korf, sherman, myself and Bismarck we leis
are.y walked along; Arensdorf aud Peters
took the lead; Henry Sherman walked with
me; saw Jack Rs an next to Weaver's gallery
I said: "Hello, lack" He said: "Hello, |
stepped at Dineen's corner; Munchrath then
said, as We were waiting: III they
lick Haddock, give him a black
eye, something so as not TO get us ir!o any
Arensdorf spoke bus cannot re.
the exact language; he said some
thing about drunken Dutchmen; / saw Had
dock as he came from the stable TO the Co
umbia house corner and started east
across Water, towards Dineen's corner;
John Arensdorf started towards him; after
Haddock got about ten feet from Dineen's
corner / saw Arensdorf and Haddock meet;
Arensdorf looked in Haddock's face, the lat
ter raised his hand, Arensdorf passed him
enc step, turned and fired; Haddock STUN
bled and fell, Arensdorf went straight ahead, !
I started TO run In two or three seconds from
the time Of the shot; | was so startled | could
stir for a moment; | ran towards Water
street. (The witness shows how the shooting
look place; the description was just the same
as that given by Fitsimons. Arensdorf stuck
ais face in front OF that az the preachers.
Arensders stepped 10 the Y orth and back OF